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CITY HALL, 

PHILADELPHIA. 

DIRECTORY 

OF Offices Occupied ; or Allotted and in Pro- 
cess OF Completion, with Diagrams 
OF the Various Floors, 

And Other Miscellaneous Information 
Appertaining to the Building. 



Compiled by JOHN M. BUNKER. 



ISSUED BY 

GEORGE G. PIERIE, 

CHIEF OF BUREAU OF CITY PROPERTY. 

1902. 



PHILADELPHIA. ^^^^"^ 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 

Mayor— ^^yiUEL H. ASHBRIDGE. 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. 

Director— ABR\H.\^l L ENTGLISH. 

Bureau of Police, HARRY M QUIRK, ISuperiutendent. 

Bureau of Fire-J XMEfi C. BAXTER, Jk., Chief. 

Electrical Bureau -JOH^S C. SAGER. Chief. 

Bureau of City Projjerty— GEORGE G. PIERIE, Chief. 

Bureau of Health -J. LEWIS GOOD, Chief. 

Bureau of Building and Elevator /n.>^>a'/ors -ROBERT C. HILL, 

Chief. 
Bureau of Boiler Innjjection— J OHS M. LL'KENS, Chief. 
Fire Marshal -JO H X L ATT I M E R . 



DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. 

Z)iVec/or— WILLIAM C. HADDOCK. 

Bureau of Highways — WniAjWM H.BROOKS, Chief. 

Bureau of Surveys— GEOVIGE. S. WEBSTER, Chief. 

Bureau of IFa^er— FRANK L, HAXD, Chief. 

Bureau of Gas-S. WILEY THOMAS, Chief. 

Bureau of Street CTea»in^— SYLVESTER H. MARTIN, Chief. 

Bureau of Lighting— J OR^ J. KIRK, Chief. 

City Ice 5oa/s — JAMES S. JEFFERSON, Superintendent. 



DEPARTMENT OF CHARITIES AND CORRECTION. 

Dr. JOHN V. SHOEMAKER, President. 

Dr. C. S. MIDDLETON, WILLIAM J. McLAUGHLlN, 

Dr. ELL wood R. KIRBY, JOHN M. SCOTT. 



SELECT COUNCIL. 

President— J AME^ I. xMILES. 

COMMON COUNCIL. 

Preside ni^GEORGE .AIcCURDY 



CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS. 

City Contndkr-JOH.^ M. WALTON. 

City Treasurer— .1 . HAMPTON MOORE. 

City Commissioners— JACOB WILDEMOKE, HUGH BLACK, 

THOMAS J. RYAN. 

City Solicitor -J OR^ L. KIXSEY. 

Eeceiver of 7axes—,J0KS W. DAVIDSON. 

Sherif—V; E^CEE HARTMAN. 

Coroner— THOMAS DUGAN. 

District Attorney— JOHl:^ WEAVER. 

Begister of Wills —J ACOB SINGER. 

iJecorfZer of Z)m/s— WILLIAM S. VARE. 

Board of Education— HE^RY K. EDMUNDS, President. 

Board of Bevision—SniO}:i GRATZ. President. 

Board of Port irarrf<'/i8— JOEL COOK, President. 

Clerk of Quarter .S^.^sjons— HENRY BROOKS. 

Proth'y of Supreme and Superior Cowr/s— CHARLES S. GREENE. 

Prothonotary of Common Pleas Courts — 'M RUSSELL THAY'ER. 

Com7ni$sioners of Fairmount Park— A. LOUDON SNOWDEN, 
President. 



C ITY HALL, 

PHILADELPHIA. 



DIMENSIONS OF BUILDING. 



Length from North to Souih, . . . . 
from East to West, 

" of each front across corner Pavilions, . 

Area 

Total area of Floor Space, 

Height of Tower from ground level, 

" " footings 

Width of Tower at hase 

" " foundation at footings, . 

Height from ground to centre of Clock dial, . 
Diameter of Clock dial across frame, 

Total number of Rooms 

Height of centre Pavilions, 

" ■' corner " . . . . . 

" " main cornice, 

•' '■ Basement story, . 
" First 



(Interior 



Second 

Third 
Fourth 

Fifih 
Sixth 



(main rooms), 
(offices), 

(main rooms), 
(offices), 

(main rooms), 

(offices). 



•' " Seventh 

" " crowning statue of Penn, . 

' " Figures at base of tholus, . 

" " " on centre Pavilion dormers, 

" " " on corner " " 

Comparative Heights of the Principal Bu 
Washington Monument, 
City Hall, Philadelphia, 
Cologne Cathedral, 
Great Pyramid, .... 
Strasburg: Cathedral, 
St. Peter's, Rome. . ' . 
St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vieiin:-. 
Salisbury Cathedral, 
Toraccio of Cremona, 
Friedburg Cathedral. 
Amiens Cathedral, 
Church of St. Peter, Hamburg . 
The Cathedral, Florence, 
Hotel de Ville, Brus.»iels, 
Torre Asinelli. Bologna, 
St. Paul's London, 
Church of St. Isaac, St. Petersburg, 
Cathedral. Frankfort-on-the-^Iain. 
Bell Tower, St. Mark's. Venice, 
Hotel des Invali<ies, Paris, . 
t'nited States Capitol, Washington. 
Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, . 



ildings in the World. 
. 550 feet 



4% feet 6 inches. 
470 " 
428 " 
4^2 acres. 

547 feet 113^ inches. 
571 " b}i " 

90 " 
100 " 
361 " 11^ •' 

26 " 
634 

202 feel 10^^ inches. 
161 



89 
10 
IS 
30 
15 
15 
28 
14 
14 
30 
17 
13 
87 
24 
17 
12 



3 inches. 

7 " 

f) " 

6 " 

6 " 

6 " 



6 
10 



547 
510 
480 
468 
448 
441 
404 
396 
385 
383 
380 
376 
374 
370 
360 
336 
326 
323 
310 
287 
210 



11^4 inches. 



ARRANGEMENT 



Numbering the Rooms. 



T]:e buildiiio's from tlie exteiior on each of tlie four froiils, 
exclusive of the centre and cornei- jia\ili(»n^. jire-eni a base- 
ment story or ground llooi-, witli llircc princdjial stories, the 
uppermoll; orie beino- a mansai'd story. The-e stories, above 
tlie basement, are in portions divided by mezzanine or half- 
stories, which are specially to be noticed from the court-yard. 
The centre and corner pavilions rise above the adjacent 
wings and curtains, with attic stories; the corner pavilions 
being occupied by octagonal staircases. 

Including the basement, there are nine floors in the build- 
ing, the rooms in each floor being on the same level. To each 
of these floors an even one hundred numbers have been 
assigned, commencinof at the north entrance and following 
round the buildings to the east, south, and west fronts, and 
returning to the north entrance: twenty-five numbers, being 
assigned for each quarter of tlie Intilding. Tlie rooms facing 
the streets will have the even numbers, and those overlook- 
ing the court-yard the odd numbers. The numbers in each 
one hundred will be assigned to the rooms of corresponding 
ntmibers immediately above and below the other floors. 
Thus, for example, rooms innnliered 40. 140. 240. 340. 440, 
540. (i-jO. and 740 will be immediately one over the other. 

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CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 







DIRECTORY OF OFFICES. 






ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. 




Bureau of Boiler 


Inspection, Room No 


. 305A 


" ' 


' Building and Elevator Inspectors, 


" 


313 


" 


' City P 


roperty, . . .... 


" 


113 


" 


' Health 


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" 


612 


" 


' 


Hegistration of Births and 


Deaths, 


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517 


" 


' 


Health Officer, . 




" 


615 


" 




House Drainage, . 




" 


613 


' 


' 


Inspector of Nuisances, 




" 


617 


" 


' 


Milk, . 




" 


513 


' 


' Lighti 


ng 




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334 


" 


' Higlivsrays, .... 




" 


232 


" 


' Street Cleaning, 




*■ 


338 


" 


' Surveys, 




" 


412 


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' Water 


Chief Engineer, . 
Permits and Searches, 




11 


790 
196 


• 


' " 


Water Rents, 




■ iS- 


116 


City Commissioners 




136 


" Controller, 








146 


" Ice Boats, 






" 


391 


" Treasurer, 






' 


143 


" Solicitor, 






" 


476 


Civil Service Examining Board, 




- '• 


875 


Charities and Correction, .... 




" 


395 A 


Clerk of Quarter 


Sessions 


• 


" 


685 


Collector of Delinquent Taxe.«, 




" 


110 


Commissioners o 


' Fairmount Park, 




. 


127 


Coroner, . 






• 


602 


Courts of Common Pleas, No. lA. . 




" 


246 






No. IB, . 




'• 


243 






No. 2C, . 




" 


254 






No. 2D, . 




" 


253 






No. 3E, . 




" 


275 






No. 3F, . 




" 


285 






No. 4G, . 




'• 


446 






No. 4H, . 




" 


413 






No. 5J, . 




" 


646 






■' No. 5K, . 




'• 


654 






Prothonotary, 




I. 


268 




' Orphans 


. No. 1, . . . . 




•' 


426 






" 


No. 2 




•' 


425 



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Courts. Orphans', No. 3, 


Roo.n N«). 432 


No. 4 


436 


Clerk 


417 


" " Marriage License Clerk, 


413 


Quarter Sessions, No. 1, 


653 




676 


No. 3 


453 


Clerk, 


685 


District Attorney, 


666 


" Grand Jury and Indictment Clerk, 


675 


" Superior, 


454 


" Supreme 


454 


" Prothonotary Superior and Supreme Courts, 


458 


Councils, Common Council Chamber, 


400 


" " " Clerk of, .... 


492 


Select Council Chamber 


402 


Clerk of, .... 


408 


" Finance Committee Room, 


496 


Department of Mayor 


202 


* " Public Safely, 


225 


• " *• " Works, . . 


216 


Education, Secretary, . 


295 


" Superintendent, 


694 


" Architects, . 


742 


Detective Bureau, Captain, 


533 


Electrical Bureau, . 




626 


Fire Marshal 




862 


Inspector of Meters and Gas, 




330 


Law Library, .... 




600 




.. 1 540 
t 544 


National Guard of Pennsylvania, Headquarters, 


Mercantile Appraisers 


133 


Oil Inspector, .... 




311 


Police Mag;istrate, . 




625 


" Matron, .... 




635 


Pension Fund, 




229 


" Superintendent, . 




227 


'■ Surgeon, 




527 


Recorder of Deeds, . 




154 


Register of Wills, 




164 


Sheriff, 




475 


Taxes, Real Estate Assessors, 




181 


" Receiver of, . 




102 


" Revision of, . 




180 


" Search Department, . 




177 



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Receiver of Taxes 102 

" Delinquent Taxes 110 

" Water Rents 116 

Women's Toilet Room 121 

Commissioners of Fairmount Park 127 

Mercantile Appraisers 133 

Bureau of City Property 113 

City Commissioners 136 

City Treasurer 143 

City Controller 146 

Recorder of Deeds 154 

Register of Wills 164 

Board of Revision of Taxes 180 

Real Estr.te Assessors 181 

Search Department Receiver of Taxes 177 

Searches and Permits, Bureau of Water 196 



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CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 



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Mayor's Office - 202 

Director of Public Works '. 216 

" Safety 225 

Superintendent of Police 227 

Police Pension Fund 229 

Bureau of Higliways 232 

** " License and Sewers 236 

" " Superintendent of Bridges 238 

Court of Common Pleas, No. lA 246 

" No. IB 243 

" No. 2C 254 

" No. 2D 253 

" No. 3E 275 

" No. 3F 285 

" Prothonotary 268 

Women's Toilet Room 262 

Board of Education, Secretary 295 



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Bureau of Boiler Insjiecticii 305 A 

Oil Inspector 811 

Bureau of Building Inspection 313 

" *' " Elevator Division . . 31;^ 

Inspector of Meters and Gas 330 

Bureau of Lighting 334 

" Street Cleaning 338 

Eoad Jury 329 

377 

381 

387 

City Ice Boat s, ^Supcrintendonl 391 

Department of Charities and Correction 395A 



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1440. 



442 



444 



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454. 



45t 



455 



460. 



410 



425. 



417 



415 



415 



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441 



445. 



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471 




475. 




477 
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485. 


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Council Chambers — Common Council 400 

" " " Clerks 492 

" Select Council 402 

Clerks 406 

" " Finance Committee Room. 496 

" " Clerk of Highways and Sia-vey Com- 
mittee 497 

Bureau of Survey 412 

Orphans' Courts, No. 1 426 

No. 2 425 

No. 3 432 

" No. 4 436 

Clerks 417 

" Marriage License Clerk 413 

Women's Toilet Rooms ■ 433 and 440 

Court of Common Pleas, No. 4G 446 

No. 4H 443 

Court of Quarter Sessions, No. 3 453 

Superior Court 454 

Supreme Court 454 

Prothonotary of Superior and Supreme Courts 456 

City Solicitor 470 

Road Bureau 462 

" Bonds and Contracts 46() 

" Claims and Searches 468 

Sheriff 475 



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Bureau of Surveys, Registrar 510 

City Plans 512 

Searches 514 

Bureau of Health, Milk Inspection 513 

" Eegistration of Births and Deaths. . . 517 

Police Surgeon . . .- 527 

Detective Bureau 529 

Captain 533 

" Complaint Clerk 535 

National Guard of Penna. Headquarters 540 and 544 

Road Jury 571 

577 

581 

Solicitor, Guardians of the Poor 578 



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Law Library GOO 

Coroner 602 

Women's Toilet Room 605 

Bureau of Health 612 

Health Officer 615 

" Inspectca* of House Drainage 613 

" " Nuisances 617 

Electrical Bureau, Chief 620 

" Operating Room 626 

Police Magistrate, Hearing Room 625 

Witness " 627 

Police Capt-ains' Room 629 

" Reserves 630 

" " Lieutenants' Room 631 

" Matrons' Room 635 

Court of Common Pleas, No. 5J 646 

" " " Xo. 5K 654 

Criminal Courts, Xo. 1 653 

Xo. 2 676 

" District Attorney 666 

" Clerk of Quarter Sessions 682 

« «' General Office 685 

« " " Deputy Clerk 677 

" Grand Jury and Indictment Clerk 675 

Women's Toilet 660 

Board of Education, Superintendent's Room 694 



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CTTY HALL DIRECTORY' 21 



Architect City Hall 740A 

Board of Education, Architect aud Assistants 742 

Bureau of Water — Chief Engineer 790 

Chief Clerk 790A 

" General Superintendent 788 

" Purveyors 701 

" Assistant Engineers 702A 

" Distribution aud Complaints 704 

Bureau of Health, Chemical Laboratory 713 

Highway Draughtsmen 736 

Recorder of Deeds, Superintendent of Transcribing 

Room 764 



SUMMARY 

Of Legislative and Municipal Action relating to the Work, with a Brief 

History of the Events pertaining thereto, and Short 

Description of the Building, 



When in 1G81 Penn plotted the plan of the City, one of the 
first acts of the Founder was to provide site for the future 
tOAvn-hall of the ''pleasant country town" which he named 
Philadelphia. Situate between the rivers Delaware and 
Schuylkill, which for more than a century were the natural 
boundaries on the east and west, its extent north and south 
■vas limited to the modest stretch of one mile. At the inter- 
section of High now Market Street and the 14th Street from 
the Delaware river, now Broad Street, the Founder desig- 
nated a plot formerly known as Centre Square, but now 
called Penn Square, as the site for the then future Public 
Building. 

More than a century elapsed before anything was done 
lookiuL' to the realization of the Founder's thought, nor are 
we able to say from the records where the town-hall con- 
templated in the ordinance of Common Council in the year 
ITrtB was designed to be placed. 

It does not appear that material progress was made in the 
matter of plans, consequent, no doubt, upon the threatened 
rupture with France. 

The subject remained in abeyance until about 1842, when 

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CITV I FALL DIRECTORY. 23 

Thomas U. Walter, the architect for the first buildings of the 
college of Stephen Girard, and later on the extension of the 
United States Capitol, prepared plans and elevations for a 
city hall to be erected on Penn Square. Although unable to 
find upon record legislation therefor, there must certainly 
have been something of the kind to induce so busy a man as 
Mr. Walter tlien was to devote the necessary time and study 
thereto. A perspective drawing in color, among otlier de- 
signs from his hand, hung for years in the parlor of his resi- 
dence, but since his decease on October 30. 1887, the where- 
abouts of the design has not been determined. 

From 1842 to 1860 the project "liung fire." In 1860 several 
designs were prepared upon a scale somewhat more extensive, 
but this also was doomed to fall owing to the commencement 
of the Civil War. In December, 1868, an ordinance of the 
City Councils, providing for the erection of Municipal Build- 
ings on Independence Square, was the beginning of a move- 
ment which culminated in an advertisement, April 5, 1868, 
for plans uj)on a definite schedule of requirements. On 1st 
September following, plans were received from 17 ditl'erent 
architects. Those of Jolm IMcArthur, Jr., being adjudged the 
best, received 1st premium, and accordingly on 27th of same 
month he was appointed architect. Angry opposition greeted 
the proposition to place the building upon Independence 
Square, the great mass of the proposed building dwarfing, it 
was thought, and justly, tlie modest proportions of the ven- 
erable fabric so dear and so big with the associations con- 
nected with our national birth: the Legislature was applied 
to, and an Act passed and approved August 5, 1870, creating 
a Commission "for tlie erection of all the Public Buildings 
required to accommodate the courts, and for all municipal 
purposes, in the (^ity of Philadelphia." The Act gave quali- 
fied voters the jirivilege of indicating by popular vote 
whether the buildings should be at Washington or Penn 



24 CITY HALL DTRKCTORV. 

Square. The latter .site was chosen by a majority of 18.800 
in a total ijoll of 84.4.")0 votes. The jjassaoe of the legislative 
act rendered the municipal ordinance of no effect, and re- 
lieved the Commission acting luider it. (if further duties. ^Mr. 
McArthur was continued as the architect; work was begun 
January 27. 1S71. 

The first meeting of the Commissioners under the new law 
was held on the 27th of August, 1870, at the Mayor's Office. 
A temporary organization was effected by the election of the 
Mayor, Daniel M. Fox, as President, and Eugene G. Wood- 
ward. Secretary. 

September 15, 1870, John McArthur, Jr., was elected Archi- 
tect of the work. 

October 4, 1870, a permanent organization was made, and 
John Rice was elected President, diaries B. Roberts, Secre- 
tary, and Charles H. T. Col lis. Solicitor. 

The removal of the iron lailings ^\hich inclosed the four 
squares on Broad and Market Streets was commenced on the 
27th of January. 1871. and this may properly be considered 
as the date of the actual beginning of the work: and August 
16. 1871, the ground was formally broken by the President ot 
the Commission. 

October 12, 1871, Francis l)e Haes Janvier was elected Sec- 
retary in place of ^Ir. Roberts, resigned, and .Tolin Sunder- 
land was elected Superintenaent. 

April 7, 1872, the original plan for one building on the in- 
tersection of Broad and Market Streets, instead of four build- 
ings, divided by these streets, was finally resolved upon. 

The first stone was laid on the 12th of August. 1872. in the 
southwest angle of the foundations, by the President. 

On the 17th of April, 1872. ^Ir. Rice resigned as President 
of the Commissioners, and Samuel C. Perkins was elected in 
his place, and held the office until the Commission dissolved. 

The contract for the granite basement was awarded 



CITY BALL DIUFA'TORY. 25 

November 19, 1872, for $515,500; and work was commenced 
at the buildings, under the contract, March 24. 1873. The 
contract for the marble vvork of the suiierstructure was 
awarded on the 7th of October, 1873, for $5,300,000; and the 
first block set at tlie southern enhance, July 3, 1874. 

The corner-stone was laid in the noitheast ani^le of the 
Tower, July 4, 1874, with Masonic ceremonies, l»y the K. W. 
Grand Master of F. and A. j\I. of Pennsylvania, Alfred R. 
Potter, Esq.; and the last block of marble was set in place 
May 7, 1887, on the Tower at the southwest angle, 337 feet 
Al inches from the ground. 

November 4, 1873, William C. McPherson was elected 
Suiteiiiitendent, and entered iijion his duties XoNcmber 10, 
1873. 

l)ecend)cr 2, 1884, Charles H. T. ("ollis resigned his position 
as Solicitor to the Commissioners; and Samuel Peltz was on 
the same date elected to fill the vacancy. 

January 5, 18S5, Francis De Haes Janvier, Secretary, died; 
and on February 3. 18S5. William P>. Land was elected to fill 
the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. -lanvier. 

January 8, 1890, John Mc Arthur. Jr., the Architect, died. 

January 15, 1890. .lolui Ord was (dectcd Architect, and en- 
tered U])on his duties February 1, 1890. 

December 1, 1893, Henry -I. Seott elected to till the va- 
cancy of Solicitor to the Conunissioners on the resignation of 
Samuel Peltz. 

December 1, 1893, L. D. C. Tyler elected Superintendent in 
place of William C. McPherson, resigned. 

February 6, 1894, W. Pleddyn Powell was elected Archi- 
tect, and ent(»rcd upon the duties of his ofllee February 14, 
1894. 

July 1, 1901, by Ordinance of Councils the linishing and 
maintenance of City Hall was placed in charge of the 
Bureau of City Property. 



2f) CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 

The classified statement of expenditures in the erection of 
City Hall, Philadelphia, from August 5, 1870, to July 
1, 1901, inclusive: 

1. Cost of preliminary preparation of site; 

paving roadway ; laying sidewalk ; pav- 
ing court-yard; curbing and coping; lay- 
ing water main from Belmont; installa- 
tion of tower clock; plant for exterior 
electrical illumination of the building; 
legal expenses and counsel fees $402,472 93 

2. Maintenance of building required by reason 

of occupancy by City Departments, to- 
gether «with cost of fitting and fuiiiishing 

rooms for City Departments 5.667.042 64 

3 Cost of construction of the building proper, 

ready for fitting and furnishing* 18,243,339 86 

Total expenditures to June 26, 1901. .$24,313,455 43 
Add expenditures from June 26 to July 1. 

1901, Dut not classified 30,900 05 

Total e\i)enditurcs to July 1. 1001 .. .$24,344,355 48 

The item of construction work may properly be sub- 
divided into the following classes: 

Excavating, foundation stone and masonry. . $359,668 91 

Granite and bluostone work 542,407 16 

Marble and marble work 5,467,503 07 

Dressed stone work, interior 2,121.957 11 

Bricks and brick work 1.442,477 46 

Cast and wrought iron work 1,590.832 74 

Metal work of tower 830.829 04 

For all other branches of construction work. . 5.887,664 37 

Total $18,243^339^ 

* In Item 3, Construction, is charged the cost of alterations and 
additions to the structure to meet the requirements of the several 
courts, departments and offices installed since June, 1894. 



CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 27 

As indicating the magnitude of the work the following are 
a portion of the materials entering into the construction: 

Excavations 141,500 cubic yards 

Concrete Toundations 20,000 

Foundation stone in walls 636,000 cubic feet 

Dressed granite (exterior) 98,000 " 

marble (exterior) 730,000 

Dressed sandstone (interior) 50,000 " 

Wrought and cast iron, all kinds 27,000 tons 

Hard bricks 80,000,000 

Pressed and enameled bricks 300.000 

Bordering slate 80,000 square feet 

Bronze work, all kinds 371.3-46 pounds 

A distinct line of water mains, 12" in diani(>ter. nearly 
three miles in length, supplies b}'^ gravity the enormous quan. 
tity of 540.000 gallons eA-ery 24 hours. 

EXTERIOR. 

In style the architecture of the building atl'ects the spirit 
of the modern French Renaissance. 

The four fronts are similar in design. In the centre of 
each, an entrance pavilion of 90 feet in width rises to the 
height of 202 feet lOi inches, liaving receding wings of 128 
feet elevation. The fronts terminate at the four corners with 
towers or pavilions of 51 feet square at base and 161 feet 
high. 

The whole exterior is bold and effective in outline, and 
elaborated with columns, pilasters, pediments, cornices, en- 
riched windows and other appropriate adornments. 

Centre archways, 18 feet in width and 36 feet in height, in 
each of the four central pavilions, constitute the four prin 



28 CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 

cipal entrances, affording passageways for pedestrians up and 
down Broad and Market Streets. 

The first story is 18 feet 3 inches in height, and stands en- 
tirely above the line of the pave^aent. The exterior is of fine 
white granite, massive in proportion, forming a fitting base 
for the vast su])erstructure it supports. 

The exterior of the building, above the basement, embraces 
a principal story of 35 feet 7 inches, a second story of 33 feet 
6 inclies, and a third story in the centre pavilions of 26 feet 
6 inches, with great dormers in the centre and corner pavil- 
ions, respectively 37 and 29 feet in height, all of white marble 
from the Leo (,)uarrics. in l^cikshiro County, Massachusetts, 
wrought into forms expressing American ideas and develop- 
ing American genius. 

In the centre of the group a court-yard of 200 x 220 feet 
affords light and air to all the adjacent portions of the build- 
ing. Fiom the north side of this space rises the tower, 
547' ll.j" from the ground lines and 571' 5Y' from founda- 
tions, forming a prominent feature of the city from wluitever 
point it may be approached, as Saint Peter's is of Rome and 
Saint Paul's is of London. Tlie foundations of the tower are 
laid on a bed of solid concrete, 100 feet square, 8 feet 6 inches 
thick, at the dej^tli of 23 feet inches below the svu-face of 
the ground: and its \\ alls, 22 feet in thickness, are built of 
dressed dimension stones, weighing from 2 to 5 tons each. 

The tower is 90 feet square at tlie base, falling off at the 
upper stages until, at the spring of the dome, it becomes an 
octagon 50 feet in diameter. A statue of the founder of 
Pennsylvania, 37 feet in height, crowns the structure, and 
com])letes the extraordinary altitude of 547 feet 11^ inches, 
making it the highest tower in the world. The statue upon 
the Tower was completed November 28, 1894. A prominent 
feature of the tower is the clock lately installed, and of 
whicli a se]iarate description is herein containeil. 



CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 29 



THE INTERIOR. 

The structure, whicli is as near fire proof as human skill 
can make it, contains (334 rooms, giving anii)Ie provision for 
the accommodation of tlie Courts and for all Municipal De- 
partments, and a number of surjilus rooms for use in the 
classification and ])reservation of the archives of the city, for 
storage, and for increased acconnnodal ions, wliicli will un- 
doubtedly be r('(|uii'ed by the natiiial increase of the pul)lic 
business, and tlie accumulation of the public records. 

The several stories nre a]3proached by 20 clcrafors. located 
at tlie cornel's of the leading corridors, so as to facilitate the 
intercourse with the jjublic ollices, courts, and other In'anches 
of the government located on the various lloois. Tn addition 
to these means of a])))roach there arc large .-^lairways in the 
four corner ])a\ilions, and a staircase in the centre paxilions 
on the nortli, south, and east fronts. 

In 1872. when the work of erection of the huildings was 
actively begun, much comment was indulged in eoiuHTning 
the sco])e of the work; it was then thought inadvisable and 
extravagant to erect a building so much beyond Die wants 
of the jircsent or the growth of the ( ity Depart nienls for tlie 
next century. 

Notwithstanding Die allotment of rooms as laid down on 
the ])lans of this build'ng were in excess of w hat w as deemed, 
in the circular letter to competing architmls under date of 
April 5, 18()8, as sufllcient in aggregate square feet area for 
each of the departments to be accommodated, legislation sub- 
sequent thereto ha= so changed the character of the City 
Government and increased the Courts and Ollices for the ad- 
ministration of Justice, whilst the machinery of the City has 
expanded to dimensions not dreamed of even a decade ago, 
that accommodation formerly regarded as enormous and 
"Aasteful has reached a point when all possible space will 
need to be utilized to meet tlie daily demand for additional 
rooms. 



30 CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 



COMPARISON. 

Considered from a utilitarian standpoint, the building is 
unique; no other structure in the world contains within its 
four walls the entire machinery of so complex a municipal 
organization. With the single exception of the Parliament 
House at London, the Philadelphia City Hall is the largest 
public building in the world. Numerous royal palaces exceed 
it in ground area, but in no structure have the elements for 
safety of records and convenience of access been more care- 
fullv considered. 



THE GREAT CLOCK. 

The installation of a great clock in the tower of the City 
Hall \\as a problem which the Commissioners had considered 
for years, but no satisfactory method presented itself to over- 
come the difficulties to be apprehended from high winds and 
the retarding effect of snow and sleet. The subject studied 
from all standpoints caused the rejection of the purely me- 
chanical clock as being too feeble, also of the electrically oper- 
ated movement because of the uncertainty of current. The 
pneumatic system was presented, thoroughly investigated, 
and found, after a trial extending over several years, and 
subjected to weather conditions more severe than can be ex- 
pected in this latitude, to be entirely satisfactory in its work- 
ing and in the power exerted, being something over eight 
times that of the mechanical clock, and was accordingly 
adopted; contract for the same was entered into 6th Septem- 
ber, 1898, the installation completed 1st December following, 
and at midnight 31st December, 1898, the clock commenced 
keeping accurate time. 

The pneumatic sj^stem as applied to Tower clocks repre- 
sents the latest development in the art of clock installation, 



CITY HALL DIJiECTOEY. 31 

and is a striking illustration of the production of great 
etiects by small increments of energy. As its name indicates, 
the motive power is compressed air, the mechanism being 
divided into four distinct parts, viz., the air compressor, the 
master clock, the dials and dial mechanism. 

The air is compressed by a three-crank electric air-pumj) 
into a cylindrical tank of 193 gallons capacity, placed in the 
dial story, a pressure of 10 lbs. per square inch being con- 
stantly maintained by two one-horse-power electric motors 
connected on single shaft, one of them being capable of per- 
forming the duty; both, however, are kept in operation, so 
that in the event of any happening to either, the other will 
take up the entire load. The motors operate the air com- 
pressor. As a further safeguard, and in the event of both 
motors being disabled or the stoppage of the electric current, 
two water-motors located in the dynamo room situate in 
northeast corner of the court-yard, and constantly connected 
with the air compressor, are so delicately adjusted that 
should the air pressure fall below a given figure, they im- 
mediately take up the load. These motors are in constant 
though slow operation, so that no delay would be experienced 
in starting them. The compressed air is delivered to all parts 
through heavy lead tubing heavily armored with galvanized 
steel wire and protected against elongation by longitudinal 
steel wires under the armor; this is done to prevent destruc- 
tion by vermin, or the closing of the bore due to stretching 
or possible injury by blows. 

The master clock, the controlling factor of the entire plant, 
together with the auxiliary clock, is located in a large metal- 
lic and glazed case at the southwest corner of the seventh 
floor of Tower; the case is built upon girders built into 
the walls of the tower, floored with white marble and the 
walls tiled. The case is not connected with the floor, and is 
therefore entirely free from vibration. The case is also air- 



32 CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 

tiglit and dust-proof. The master clock is as perfect as is 
possible to make; the movement, hand-made and jeweled 
throughout, required two years to produce it. The auxiliary 
clock is also of fine workmanship. Heavy cast-iron pedestals 
form the low or cases of the clocks, their office being to act as 
a magnetic sliicld to tlie steel pendulums. The master clock 
is wound once in 30 days, tlie auxiliary clock once every 8 
days. To w ind. the key is inserted through a hole in the 
glass panels of the case imuiediaifly in front of the clock 
faces, tlie o])eniiigs being closed by rubber plugs. Care is 
observed in maintaining uniform temperature within the 
ease. A ])neuuiatic thermostat on the back wall within the 
case controls an electric heater, thus insuring no greater vari- 
ation than two degrees throughout the entire year. Both 
clocks are of (he pendulum ty])e, and both are guaranteed to 
kee]) time within 10 seconds a week error. They are cou- 
necled with the pneumatic ap|)ai-atu> which nio\es the valve 
attaclied to each; the ])usliing of a switch to right or left 
closing off the air from the one and o]icrating at once the 
other. At noon each day a telegraphic sounder ticks the 
beats from the Observatory at ^^'ashington, so that in the 
e\ent of any error in either of the clocks which may be in 
0])eration the loss or gain is instantly detected. It is the in- 
tention to have the error on the fast side, so that correction 
may bo made by stoj)ping the pendulum the required number 
of seconds. Once every minute the clock opens the valve 
which admits comjiressed air to the tubes connected with the 
gears and immediately closes, the impulse moving the minute 
hand one half-minute and the release of the air causes the 
hand to move the other half-minute. The impulse is very 
powerful. (l(>livered to a receiver in the mechanism l)elow 
each dial and operating upon a pawl through several gears, 
giving an ell'ective push of 700 lbs. The motion is conveyed 
h\ vertical shafting with universal joints and beveled gear 



CITY HA LL DIKE( TOR Y. 3S 



to the arbor upon which the liands are phieed. Some idea of 
the size of the parts may be had from the table given on 
page 34 

Tlie great altitude at \\hieh the dials are placed, — 361 feet 
H inches to centre of dials from the ground level, — made it 
necessary to provide against liigh press*ures exerted by tem- 
pests. To elTect this lieavy trussed steel framed bracing i» 
placed about two feet back of each dial, to whicli the dial- 
frames are connected by bolt-struts witli right and left screws 
fitting into sockets bolted to tlie bracing. In front of the 
bracing are placed steel rellector-]dates painted white, and 
each reflector-plate is pierced with 128 holes, into which are 
inserted 10 c. p. incandescent electric lamps for night illumi- 
nation. Tlie lamps are lighted and extinguished automat- 
ically by the action of the master clock. 

The dial-frames are of cast-iron constructed in sections, 
held in j^lace when assembled at the outer edge of the ring 
by eight heavy cast-iron brackets fastened to the metal work 
of the tower and compressing the frame securely against it 
by lo inch bolts having right and left screws. The entire 
frame is covered on the outside \\\i\\ bronze plates to protect 
the iron from corrosion. 

Instead of the usual Roman numerals plain plates o! 
blocks 3' 2" long and 14 inches broad for the III, VI, IX and 
XII are used, the other hour-] dates being 13 inches wide; 
minute marks aie indicated by plates 3^ inches square placed 
13 inches on centres, the 5 minute marks being triangulaT 
pieces. The inner ring is divided into several secti.ons, the 
most prominent being four rings each 5 feet 7 inches in di- 
ameter, the other spaces being irregular in shape. Three- 
eighths inch plate-glass, ground both sides, well-bedded into 
elastic putty and held in place by special clips, fill in the 
cast-iron framing. 

The hands of the dials are framed of steel to resist bending 



34 CITV HALL DIRECTORY. 

due to high winds, and encased in copper to prevent oxida- 
tion; they are firmlj" fitted to the arbor or axle, which turns 
upon ball-bearings, and so nicely adjusted that just sufficient 
force to overcome the inertia is needed to move them. 

Some idea of the magnitude of the work may be obtained 
from the following: 

Diameter of dial over the frame 26' 0" 

" " inside the " 22' 0" 

Height from ground level to centre of dial.. 361'!^" 

Length of minute hand 10' 8" 

" " " " including counter-weight 15' 0" 

" hour " 9'0" 

" " " " including counter-weight 12' 6" 

Weight of minute hand 225 lbs. 

" hour " 175 lbs. 

Length of hour marks 38 inches. 

Width of hour marks 13 & 14 inches. 

Size of minute marks , 3^" ins. sq. 

Distance traveled by minute hand in one year 114.7 miles. 
" of master clnck from centre of dials. .143' 3" 
" " hydraulic air compressor from mas- 
ter clock 336' lOr 

" of liydraulic air compressor from 

centre of dials 480' 2i" 

Weight of dial frames with glass 5^ tons. 

Total weiu'lit of clock ins^tallation complete. .50 tons. 

TO SECURE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT TIME 

is a matter of considerable importance to a vast multitude of 
citizens residing far distant from our great railroad centres. 
The Bureau of City Property have endeavored to meet 
this need by a unique and somewhat novel feature in con- 
nection with the running and management of this great 
time-piece. A plan has been adopted by which, once in 



CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 35 



every tAventy-four li(nirs, correct time as shown by the 
Tower clock is signaled to far-distant points. At three 
minutes before nine o'clock each evening, the corona of arc 
lamps encircling the Tower at the upper platform is extin- 
guished, and again lighted at precisely nine o'clock. 

When it is remembered that this corona of arc lamps can, 
with a clear atmosphere, be distinguished from elevated 
points distant twenty-five or thirty miles from the city, ap- 
pearing like a delicate silver crescent suspended low against 
the horizon, it will be understood that as this method of sig- 
naling correct time becomes generally known, the suburban 
citizen and even the country resident will come to appre- 
ciate the luxury of being a])le to regulate his chronometer 
to al)s()Iute correctness once in every twenty-four hours. 

Look towards the City Hall a few minutes before nine 
o'clock P.M. until the circle of light at the top of the Tower 
disappears, then, when it reappears, set your watch or clock 
at the hour nine, and, presto, you have secured correct time. 



AN ACT 



THE EREOTIOIT OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 



An Act to proride for the erection of all the Public Buildings 
required to necommodate the Courts, and for eill Munielptil })ur- 
poses, in the City of Fhitadelphia, eind to reipiire the eippro- 
jyriation^ by said City, of Fenn Square, at Broad and 3Iarket 
Streets, to the Aeadeiny of Fine Arts, the Academy of Naturcd 
Sciences, the Franklin Institute, and the Fhiladelpjhia Library, 
in the event of the said Squares not being selected by a vote of 
the 2)€02)le as the si/efor the Fublic Buildings for said City. 

Section 1. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of 
Eepresentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in 
General Assembly met:, and it is hereby enacted by the au- 
thority of the same: That Theodore Cutler, John Rice, 
Samuel C. Perkins, John Price Wetherill, Lewis C. 
Cassidy, Henry M. Phillips, William I.. Stokes, Will- 
iam Devine, tlie jNIayor of the City of Philadelphia 
and the Presidents of Select and Common Councils, 
for the time being are constituted Commissioners for the 
erection of the Public Buildings required to accommodate 
the Courts, and for all Municipal purposes, in the City of 
Philadelphia, who shall organize within thirty days. |)roeure 
such plans for the said buildings adapted to either of said 
sites hereinafter named, as in their judgment may be need- 
ful; appoint of their own number a President, and from 
other than their own number a Secretary, Treasurer, Solici- 
tor, a eoiii|)etent Architect and assistants, and other em- 
ployees; fix tlie compensation of each person employed by 
them, and do all other acts necessarj^ in their judgment to 

(30) 



CITV II. 1 LL D IR ECTOR Y. 37 



iarry out the intent of this act in relation to said Public 
Buildings; fill any vacancies wliich may happen by death, 
resignation or otherwise, and if in the judgment of said Com- 
mission tliev shall deem it advisable to increase their num- 
ber, they may, by a vote of a majority of tlieir whole num 
ber, increase said Commission from time to time to any num 
ber not exceeding thirteen. Tlie said Comnnssioners are 
hereby authorized and directed to locate said biuldings on 
either Washington Square or Penn Square, as may be deter- 
mined bv a vote of the legally-qualified voters of the City of 
Pliihidelpliia at the next general election in October, one 
thousand eight liundred and seventy, and the Sheritf shall 
issue liis j)roch\mation, and the City Commissioners and other 
proper ollicers of said City shall provide all things that may 
be needful to enable the voters to decide by ballot their 
choice of a site for said Public Buildings, and the Return 
Clerhs shall certify to tlie Protiionotary the result of said 
election, in tlie usual form required for other elections; and 
as soon as said choice is determined by a vote of the people, 
as provided in this act, tlie said Commissioners shall, within 
thirty days thereafter, advertise for pro])osals. and make all 
needful contracts for the construction of said buildings, as 
soon thereafter as may be found practicable, which contracts 
shall be valid and binding in law upon the City, and upon 
the Contractors, wh^n approved by a majority of the said 
Board of Commissioners. And the said Commissioners shall 
make requisition on the Councils of said City, prior to the 
first day of Decemlier in each year, for the amount of money 
required by them for the purposes of the Commission for the 
succeeding year, and said Councils shall levy a special tax, 
sufficient to raise the amount so required. Proridrd., That 
said (Councils may at any time make appropriations out of 
the annual tax in aid of the purposes of this act. A)id pro- 
vided further, That the amount to be expended by said Com- 



38 CI TV HALL DIRECTORY. 

missioners shall be strictly limited to the sum required to 
satisfy their contracts for the erection of said buildings, and 
for the proper and complete furnishing thereof. And as soon 
as any part of said buildings may be completed and furnished 
ready for occupancy, they shall be occupied by the Courts, 
or such branches of the Municipal Government as they are 
intended for by said Commissioners; and upon the comple- 
tion of a sufficient portion of said buildings to accommodate 
the Courts and Municipal Offices, the buildings now occupied 
by them respectively shall be vacated and removed; *[and 
upon the entire completion of the new buildings, all the pres 
ent buildings on Independence Square, except Independence 
Hall, shall be removed, and the ground placed in good condi- 
tion by said Commission as part of their duty under this act. 
the expense of which shall be paid out of their general fund 
provided by this act.] and thereupon the said Independence 
Square shall be and remain a public walk and green forevei 
And he it further provided, That in the event of Washing 
ton Square being selected by a majority of votes as the loca 
tion for the said Public Buildings, then and in that event the 
Councils of the City of Philadelphia are hereliy authorized, 
empowered and required to set apart for and convey by 
proper deeds or grants of conveyance, or by proper assurances 
of the right to occupy said squares, wliieh the Mayor of 
Philadelphia shall duly sign and execute under the seal of 
said city, the four squares of ground known as Penn Squares, 
located at the intersection of Broad and Market Streets, in 
the City of Philadelphia, as laid down on the present map of 
said City, one to each of the following institutions: The 
Academy of Fine Arts, the Academy of Natural Sciences, 
the Franklin Institute, and the Philadelphia Library, for the 



* Note. — Clause in brackets repealed by Act of Assembly approved 
July 3, 1895. Pamphlet Laws, p. 604. 



CITY HALL DIRECTORY. 39 



purposes of allowing; them to erect thereou ornamental and 
suitable buildings for their respective institutions. The loca- 
tion of such buildings and the plans thereof to be approved 
by the Commissioners appointed under this act, and their 
successors in office, together with the time of erection, and 
all other matters appertaining thereto: Provided, however, 
That all expenses connected with said conveyances, plans, 
and other information requisite for the said Commission to 
have, shall be paid by the institutions respectively. In the 
event of the ultimate selection of Penn Squares as the site 
for said Public Buildings, the said Commission shall have 
authority and they are liereby empowered to vacate so much 
of Market and of Broad Streets as they may deem needful: 
Provided, hoioever, That the streets passing around said 
buildings shall not be of less width than one hundred feet. 
It shall be the duty of the Mayor, the City Controller, City 
Commissioners and City Treasurer, and of all other officers 
of the City, and also the duty of the Councils of the City of 
Philadelphia, to do and jjcrform all such acts in aid and pro- 
motion of the intent and purpose of this Act of Assembly as 
said Commission may from time to time require. All laws 
and parts of laws restricting the uses and purposes of said 
Squares, or any of them, that may be in conflict with the 
intention and purpose of this act, be and the same are hereby 
repealed. 

^ B. B. STRANC4, 

Speaker of Die House of Represenlatives. 

Charles H. Stinson, 

Speaker of the Senate. 
Approved the fifth day of August, Anno Domini one thou- 
sand eight hundred and seventy. 

John W. Geary. 

Note. — This Act roas passed hi/ the Senate and House of Repre- 
sentatives and sent to the Governor in April, 1S70, Jess than ten days 
before the final adjournment of the Legislature. 



THE COIVIMISSIONERS 

FOR THE ERECTION OF THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS 
IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, CREATED 
BY ACT OF LEGISLATURE AUGUST 5th, 1870, 
HAVING FULFILLED ITS TRUST, ON JULY ist, 
1901, DELIVERED THE SAID BUILDINGS 

to the 

HON. SAMUEL H. ASHBRIDGE, MAYOR, 

and the 

COUNCILS 
OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA. 



COMMISSIONERS, JUNE 30th, 1901. 

SAMUEL C. PERKINS, WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, 

WILLIAM S. STOKLEY, JOHN S. STEVENS, 

WILLIAM BRICE, FRANKLIN M. HARRIS. 

RICHARD PELTZ, CHARLES SEGER, 

THOMAS E. GASKILL, 

SAMUEL H. ASHBRIDGE, Mayor. 

JAMES L. MILES, President Select Council. 

GEORGE McCURDY, President Common Council. 



President, Secretari/, 

SAMUEL C. PERKINS. WILLIAM B. LAND. 

Treasiinr. Solicitor, 

J. HAMPTON MOORE. SAMUEL PELTZ. 

Architect, Sii,peri)tte)ident, 

W. BLEDDYN POWELL. L. D. C. TYLER. 

(40) 



AN ACT 

To Repeal an Act, entitled ^' Ayt Act to provide for ihe 
erecHon of all the PahHc BuiJdinfis required to accommodate the 
Courts, and for atl Ulunieipat purp >ses in ihe Ciii/ of Philadel- 
phia, and to rf(pi)ie the (tppropriation by said City, of Penn 
Square, at Broad and 3[t(rket Streets, to the Academy of Fine 
Arts, the Academy of Natural SeiouTs, ihe Franklin Institute 
and the Philadelphia l/dirary in the event of ihe said S(p(ares not 
being selee'ed by a vole of the people as ihe site for the Public 
Buildings for said City.'" 

Section 1. Be it Enacted, Etc., That an act, entitled 
"An act to provide for tlie erection of all the public biiild- 
inf,^s required to accommodate the courts and for all munic- 
ipal puiposes in the city of Philadelphia, and to require 
the appropriation by said city of Penn Scpiare, at Broad 
and Market Streets, to the Academy of Fine Arts, the 
Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute and 
the Philadeljdiia Library, in the event of the said square 
not beinij selected by a vote of the j)eople as the site for 
the public buildings for said city" ( Pamjddet Laws one 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one. page one thou- 
sand five hundred and forty-eight, cf xc^), be and the same 
is hereby repealed: Provided, Jioircvcr. That this act shall 
not take effect until July first, one thousand nine hundred 
and one. 

Ai)proved— The 11th day of May. A. ]). 1901. 

William A. Stone. 

The foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Act of 
the General Assembly No. 12C). 

W. W. Griest, 
Secretary of the Commonwealth. 

01) 



STREET GUIDE. 



No. North. 


Xo. i 


South. 


1 Market, Filbert Streets. 


1 


INIarket, Jayne sts.. Darby r'd 


Lancaster ave., N. W. 




S.W., ^Merchant, Minor. 


Commerce, Cluuch. 


100 Chestnut, Sansom, Library 


100 Arch, Clierrv. 




Dock. 


200 Race, liraiicli. New. 


2o0 


Walnut, Locust. 


300 Vine, Wood, Ridge ave, N.W. 


300 


Spruce, Union. 


400 Callowhill, Willow, Noble, 


400 


Pine, Gray's Ferry r'd, S. W. 


Hamilton. 


500 


Lombard, (iaskill. 


500 Bnttonwood, Spring Garden. 


<')00 


South, Passyunk ave., S.W. 


600 Green, INIount Vernon, Wal- 


700 


Bainbridge, Almond, Meade, 


lace, Melon. 




Monroe, Fitzwater, German 


700 Fairmount ave., Olive. 


800 Catharine, Queen. 


800 Brown, Parri.sh. 


900 Christian, Marriott. 


900 Poplar, Laurel. 


1000 


C-arpenter. 


1000 Otter. 


1100 


Washingtonave., Prime, Ells- 


1100 George. 




worth. 


120U Girard ave.. Stiles, German 


1200 


Federal, Marion. 


town road, N. W ., Richmond 


1 300 


Wharton. 


E., Elm, S. \V. 


I too 


Reed. 


1300 Thompson, Seybcrt. 


15(10 


Dickinson, Greenwich. 


1100 Master, Sharswood. 


1600 


Tasker, Sylvester. 


1500 JefTerson, Redner. 


17(10 


Morris, Pierce, Watkins. 


1600 O.xford, Turner. 


1800 


.Moore, .Siegel. 


1700 Columbia ave. 


1900 


.Mifllin. 


ISOO ^NIontgonuMV ave. 


2000 


McKean. 


1900 Berks. 


2100 


Snyder ave. 


2000 N orris, Otis. 


2200 


.lackson. 


2100 Diamond. 


2300 


Wolf. 


2200 Susquehanna ave. 


2400 


Ritner. 


2300 Dauphin, Arizona. 


2500 


Porter. 


2400 Vork. 


2600 


Shunk. 


2500 Cumberland. 


2701) 


Oregon ave. 


2600 Huntingdon. 


2800 


.Johnson . 


2700 Lehigh ave. 


2900 


Bigler. 


2800 Somerset. 


3000 


Pollock. 


2900 Cambria. 


3100 


Packer. 


3000 Indiana ave. 


3200 


Curtin. 


3100 Clearfield. 


3300 


(icarv. 


3200 .\lleghenv ave. 


3400 


Hartrauft. 


3:X)0 Westmoreland. 


3500 


Hoyt. 


3400 Ontario. 


3600 


Thirty-sixth ave. 


3500 Tioga. 


3700 


Thirtv-seventh ave. 


3600 Venango. 


.3800 Thirty-eighth ave. 


3700 Erie. 


3900 


Thirty-ninth ave. 


3800 Butler. 


4000 


Fortieth ave. 


3900 Bike. 


4100 


Forty-first ave. 


4000 I>uzerne. 


4200 


Forty-second ave. 


4100 Roxborough. 


4300 


Forty-third ave. 


4200 .Juniata. 


4400 


P'orty-fourlh ave. 


4300 Bristol. 


4500 


Forty-lifth ave. 


4400 Cayuga. 


4600 


Schuylkill ave. 


4500 Wingoliocking. 


4700 


Government ave. 


4600 Courtland. 


4800 


League Island. 


4700 Wyoming. 






4800 Louden. 







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PLAGES OF INTEREST IN PHILADELPHIA. 



Academy of the Fine Arts, Hn.ad Historieal Society of Vvnu-.x., 1800 

ami Clieriy streets. I.oeu.st street. 

Academy of Natural Sciences, lyth Horticultural Hall, Fainuount 

and Kace .streels. Park. 

Baldwin'.s, Broad and Spring- Gar- independence Hall. Chestnut 

deti streets. street. 

Betsy Ro.ss Hou.se, 235 Arch street. Industrial .\rt .Musenn,, Memorial 

Hall. 
Bourse, Filth street, below Market 

street League Island Na\y Yard. 

Broad Street Station. Masonic Templo, Hroad and Fii- 

^ . , ., 1, ^. ^,. X bert streets. 
Carpenters' Hall, ofi Chesinut 

street, below Fourth street. ^'^'^ Fellows' Temple. North 

Uroml street 
Central High School, North Broad 

gj,.^,^jl Old Congress Hall, Sixth and 

^., . ■ .n , , , Chestnut streets. 
Christ P. K. Church, lid street, 

above Market street. ^'<1 Swedes' Church, Front and 

^ . , ,. >,. . , Chiistian streets. 
Commercial Museum, 23o South 

Fourth street Postoflice, 9th and Chestnut sts. 

Cramps' Ship Yard, Beach and Reading Terminal, 12th and Mar- 
Palmer streets. ket streets. 

Drexel Institute, 32<i and Chestnut Union League Club, Broad and 

streets Sansom streets. 

Eastern Penitentiary, 22d street University of Pennsylvania. 

and Fainuount avenue. ^t r, ^, ■ rr / ,i 

U. S. Custom House, Chestnut 

Fairmount Park. street, below Fifth street. 



Franklin Burial Place, Filth and 
Arch streets. 



r. .S. Mint, Itith and Spring CJar- 
den streets. 



Franklin Institute, 7th street, 

above Chestnut street. Washington Monument, Park, 

^. , . ,, ^^, _ , near Green street. 

Girard College, 22d street and 

Girard avenue. Zoological Gardens. 



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COMPLETED NOVEMBER 28, 1894. 



Weight, 53,348 lbs. 
Height, 37 feet. 
Hat, 9 feet in diameter. 
Riui, 28 feet in circumference. 
Nose, lo inches long. 
Eyes, 12 inches long. 
4 inches wide. 
Mouth, 14 inches from cor. to 
Face, 3 feet 3 in. from hat to c 
Hair, 4 feet long. 

Feet, 22 inches 



Across Shoulders, 11 feet. 

Arms, 12 feet G inches long. 

Cuffs on Coat, 3 feet long. 

Around the Waist, 24 feet. 

Buttons on Coat, G inches diam. 

Fingers, 2 feet 6 inches long. 

Finger Nails, 3 inches long, 
cor. I..egs, 10 feet from ankle to knee, 
hin. Ankle, ."> feet in circumference. 

Calf of Legs, 8 feet 3 in. circum. 
wide, 5 feet 4 inches long. 

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